Dirigible headlight for vehicles



UNITED STATES CHARLIE FRED FLETCHER, OF FARMINGTON,- WEST VIRGINIA..

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT FOR VEHICIII13S.l

Eppiiatien mea March 11, 1921.

To all w71 om it may con-cern Be it known that CHARLIE F. FLETCHER, citizen ot the United States, residing at Farmington, in the county of Marion and State of lVest Virginia, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dirigible Headlights for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to `dirigible headlightsfor vehicles and has tor its object to provide al mechanism ot this vcharacter which may be easily and quickly applied to a conventional formv of motor driven vehicle and so constructed that when the connecting rod between the spindle arms is moved a cable drum pivoted on the front axle will also move and impart pulls on cables, which cables are connected to arms of vertically disposed lamp posts and thereby move the lamps carried by the posts so that they will refiect the light from the lamps on the road in front of the vehicle when said vehicle is turning` to the right or' left.

' A further object is to pivot the lamp posts in brackets, which brackets are vertically adjustable on shafts carried by the tra me ot the vehicle and to provide a connecting rod between tl lamp post brackets for holding and bracing said brackets, said'connecting rod being provided with aturn buckle vby means of which it may be tightened or loosened as desired.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement otn parts as hereinafter set forth,shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being 'understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made Within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. '.In the drawings y Figure 1 is a front elevation of a front axle of an automobile showing the dirigible light` mechanism v applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on` line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the cable drum.

Fig. 1v is a vertical sectional View taken on line 4--4 of Fig. '1;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4. y

Referring; to the drawings, the numeral 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 451,501.

arms are connected together by connecting rod 7, said connecting;- rod 7 being moved in the usual man-ner by steeringl mechanism not shown. Pivotally mounted on a bracket 8 carried by the axle 1 is a horizontally Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

disposed cable drum'4 9, which Vcable drum i is provided with a rearwardly'. downwardly and upwardly'extending arm 10, which arm has its upper end disposed in an elongated slot 10EL of the horizontal portion lObrotl a clamp 11 carried by the connectingrod 7. said clamp forming means wherebyas the connecting rod 7 is moved from side to side duringa steering operation, the cable drum 9 will be rocked. Extending around the cable drum 9 and having their ends extending in opposite direction are cables 12 which cables are anchored to the drunr as at 13 and .have their ends connected to the ends lof opposite extending arms 14 carried by the lower ends of vertically disposed lamp posts 15. The lamp posts 15 are piv- .otally mounted in rectangular shaped brackets 16 and held against vertical movement by collars 15a. The brackets are supported by threaded shafts 1T. the lower ends of which terminate in right angle portions 1S which are adapted to be secured to the sides ot the vehicle trame liteit lay threading the shafts l?" nuts 2l' utilized tor holding the bracket 1G i. n pivotal action thereon. However as a further brace tor said bracket 16. the bracc'rod v22 is provided, which rod has its ends connected at 23 to the bracket 16 and is provided with aA .centrally disposed turn buckle 24, hy means of whichv the brackets 16 may be adjusted in relation to each other and the bracing ot the bracket 16 varied. The upper ends of the lamp posts 15 are provided with conventional forms of lamp brackets 25 in which are secured lamps 26.

It will be seen thatwhen the connecting` rod 7 is moved in either direction, that the drum 9 Will be rocked and consequently the diagonally disposed arms 14 of the lamp post 15 will be rocked in oppositedirections by the cables 12, which action will cause-the pivotal movement ot the lamp posts 15 and consequently a movement of direction of the movement ot' the vehicle wheel. during a steering operation and consequently the light from said'lamps will be reflected on the road, ahead of the vehicle when said vehele is making a turn tothe right or left. or is going straight ahead, thereby prevent-ingry accident and giving the operator a elear view ol", the road bed ahead of him at all times. It will 'also be seen that the eonstruetion is simple and so designed tliatit may he easily and quickly applied to any forni of motor driven vehicle. i

The invention having;` been set forth what is elain'ied as n ew and'useful is 1- The eornhination with a front axle of a motor driven vehicle having wheels pvoted at the ends thereof and controllable hy a transversely disposed rod lo ated behind said axle, of a dirigihle light nieehanism for the vehicle', said dirigihle light ineehanipii y comprising vertically disposed lamp posts havingr lamps at thelr upper ends, the lower 'ends ot'said posts terminating above the axle and provided with forwardly and rearwardly extending arins, a horizontally disposed drnm pivoted on the axle substantially centrally thereof and between the vlamp posts, eables extending around said wardly extending: arin carried hy the drum,

a n-einher clainped to the. eonneeting` rod for eontrillling the wheels earried .by the axle, a rearwardly extendingy plate carried hy said eonneeting` rod xneniher, the upper end ol" the rearwardlydo\\'n\\'ardly andupwardly extending arin being' disposed in an elon- 2gated aperture l'in the ,rearwardly e.\'tendin; fl plate earried by the ronneeting rod inernher. ln testimony \\jhereolI l aflix my signature.

(Tl l`i\ RLI lll l `ll ll l)` l "lil*}'l`(ll [E l. 'itnesses l W. Il. Dawson, W. E. MA1-E1.. 

